True. The goal of an independent semi-conductor industry has been a goal for the Chinese government in at least a decade. The problem is: How do you convince a

True. The goal of an independent semi-conductor industry has been a goal for the Chinese government in at least a decade. The problem is: How do you convince a world class chip designer like HiSilicon that it should use a local foundry rather than TSMC? TSMC which is more advanced, more reliable, maybe even cheaper? Without breaking China's commitment to WTO and other agreements that facilitate open trade. That problem is solved now by the policies of the US. And not only for Huawei. Here is for example SMIC announcement of an improved "FinFET N+1" process explicitly without US technology: https://cntechpost.com/2020/10/12/smic-achieves-breakthrough-in-7nm-process/ https://cntechpost.com/2020/10/12/smic-achieves-breakthrough...